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Donald Trump announces NEW crackdown on asylum seekers with special PROCLAMATION

Janet Clayton |Saturday, November 10, 2018

Members of one of the migrant caravans riding on a truck in Donaji Mexico last week

The rule, which prevents migrants from claiming asylum if they do not do so at an official border crossing, is the latest attempt by the White House to handle a surge in migration to the USA from the Central American countries of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Under the old rule, any immigrant in the country illegally arrested anywhere could instantly claim asylum and a case had to be filed for them, taking up resources and valuable time from an already overburdened asylum system.

"Asylum-seekers have been left to camp out for days and weeks on bridges at the border, when they should be guaranteed a right to enter the country for a fair hearing".

The Trump administration said it would prohibit people who illegally cross the us border with Mexico from claiming asylum, as the president seeks to choke off migration from Latin America. Instead of sneaking into the United States and making an asylum claim only after getting caught and facing deportation, immigrants will now have to present themselves to border authorities at a legal point of entry, surrender themselves to custody, and only then will they be allowed to file for asylum.

It's unclear how many people en route to the U.S.in the current caravans will even make it to the border.

It's unclear how many people en route to the US will even make it to the border. The migrants are largely poor people and many say they're fleeing violence; more than 1,700 were children under 18, and more than 300 were children under age 5.

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